Quite some years ago, we brought the #OLPC AKA the 100$ laptop to Rwanda [1].
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to C.Suthorn :prn: last edited by
@Life_is Die 10 OLPC die ich habe bauen problemlos ihr Mesh und letztens hatten wir 10 Kinder, die damit fleissig und begeistert Musik gemacht haben. @antifarben
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Rob Carlsonreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer I love this story. Do you have a citation? If this is a stupid question and you're somehow someone that was on the ground relating a personal narrative I apologize.
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Rob Carlson last edited by
@vees I am sure there are some articles about it out there that I don't have in my archives. I can only offer you my assurance that this happened. I was involved in the coordination and discussions with the core developers that solved these problems on site and beyond.
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Simon Jaegerreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer I think a lot about the fact that we all have pocket communicators with many different radios in them, but if disaster ever strikes, none of them can communicate with each other. The more I think about it, the more it feels like a sign of a world gone mad.
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Jeff Griggreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
I think that "keyboard light problem" speaks to a need to have cheap solar rechargeable LED lamps.
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Jeff Grigg last edited by [email protected]
@JeffGrigg From today's perspective β sure. But this was back in 2008 ...
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by [email protected]
Going through my archives, I notice I might have been confused. This goes back even further. This happened 2006-08 in the pilot in Ethiopia. Rwanda was 2014. At that time the LED was already long gone. My apologies. I have corrected the original toot. 5/8
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by [email protected]
(Thank you all for being kind and respectful in the comments thus far. The OLPC was (and is) a defining part of my private and professional life. I was only involved on the sidelines but I met people that were so deeply invested into the ideas. Developers. Children. Teachers. But also aggressive opponents, lobbyists that did everything possible to kill the project. It teached me a lot. And I still feel sad it never lived up to its potential. Maybe it will. I'm still a believer) Me, 2007 6/8
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Other than the Briar Project, I know of nothing that addresses handset to handset direct comms. And no one I know is even vaguely interested in it and few, other than activisty tech types, even think the idea has value.
It's maddening. castoff phones on thrift stores, wifi only even, no sim, have more computing power than most people had in 1990. And no interest in them except as commodity platforms for whatever it is we do.
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to tom jennings last edited by
@tomjennings The totally weird thing is that Apple implemented such a thing with Airdrop. It was used in the Hong Kong protests to distribute warnings and calls for demonstrations. Ultimately Apple had to change its implementation after pressure by the Chinese government. @simon
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Gabriel Nreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer I never got to see one in person. I did get to buy a knock off from HP and installed Ubuntu on it. Used it for web development.
The ideas sparked from the OLPC live on.
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Gabriel N last edited by
@wtrmt Whenever you're in Munich, happy to meet and bring one or two along for you to fiddle with
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kattekrabreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer we gave away OLPC machines at linux.conf.au 2008 in Melbourne.
I was also a huge fan of the program and sorry it did not reach its full potential. But I believe it changed computing. Cheaper laptops made it more accessible to more people. The eepc and chromebooks came after.
Iβve lost track of whatβs happening with sugar. I should revisit it all.
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to kattekrab last edited by [email protected]
@kattekrab "The little machine that could" will always come to mind whenever I see one
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Moto :rainbowinfinity:replied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer @tomjennings @simon Did not know about Apple changing implementation - now I wonder how long Iβve been assuming Bluetooth where there was actually an internet involved.
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Moto :rainbowinfinity: last edited by [email protected]
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RealGene β£οΈreplied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer
Y'all abandoned the hand crank. -
Blacklight447replied to Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer What DE/OS combo was running on these? I don't recognize the UI.
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Jan Wildeboer π·:krulorange:replied to Blacklight447 last edited by
@blacklight447 They run Fedora with the Sugar UI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_(desktop_environment)
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But what would have been the commercial and government/regulatory incentives to make this happen?
Telcos want to be able to charge you, and governments like knowing where you are and who you talk to.